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proposal that was released earlier this week. president obama is at 9:00 eastern and then speaker boehner. at the museum today, florida senator marco rubio sat down with michaelen of "politico." he answered questions about the fiscal cliff. republican outreach to hispanic voters and a potential campaign for president. this is 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you very much. you had a late night. >> not really. >> is bob still here? what would you like to ask senator rubio? [laughter] >> are you still doing this? >> ask him a real question. this is a great chance. >> last night you talked about a new direction for the republican party. and one of the things that you talked about is education. and how to make higher education cheaper, how to reform pell grants. what will be the number one thing that you would do, that you can do as a freshman minority senator? >> well, i don't think there is a number one thing. i think there's a number of number one things, you have to do them all. the biggest obstacle we face as a 21st century doesn
proposal that was released earlier this week. president obama is at 9:00 eastern and then speaker boehner. at the museum today, florida senator marco rubio sat down with michaelen of "politico." he answered questions about the fiscal cliff. republican outreach to hispanic voters and a potential campaign for president. this is 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you very much. you had a late night. >> not really. >> is bob still here? what would you like to ask senator...
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eight of nine surveys are the past week and a crucial ohio give obama a narrow edge. and we will be focusing on a violator in today's "washington journal." and our swing state series. we want to hear from voters and not-swing states. we want to hear how the election is playing out how you are. and this from the baltimore sun, charging more the candidates will go in the next couple days. ting where the candidates will go in the next couple days. again, the candidates focusing all of their attention in the days leading up to election day on as swing states. we will go to david and the kentucky on the democratic line. tell us a little bit about how the campaign is playing out in the kentucky, one of the non- swing states. caller: it is mostly just romney signs of here, not many obama signs. i think you will landslide ky. the polls show that. and i hate to say it, but even the preachers are preaching against obama and the pulpit. host: are you motivated to got to the polls? caller: yes. i am going to vote, but i think romney will win it. host: are they talking about issue
eight of nine surveys are the past week and a crucial ohio give obama a narrow edge. and we will be focusing on a violator in today's "washington journal." and our swing state series. we want to hear from voters and not-swing states. we want to hear how the election is playing out how you are. and this from the baltimore sun, charging more the candidates will go in the next couple days. ting where the candidates will go in the next couple days. again, the candidates focusing all of...
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they put obama over the top here. in the maine senate race, the winner is and is kaine, an end -- angus king, and independent. he said he is coming to washington next week. there is an orientation and he plans to talk to both leaders about who he would caucus with. senate majority leader harry reid has already made a courtesy call to him. all results can be found at our website c-span.org. host: speaking of majority leader harry reid, he will be holding a press conference in about 10 minutes. we will bring you live coverage of that. and speaker vader as well at 3:30 p.m. -- speaker boehner as well as 3:30 p.m. we will bring that life as well. i want to show you more new house members coming in. the democrat from nevada. jerry in maryland on the democrat's line. good morning to you. caller: good morning. i would like to thank c-span for all of the coverage. you really do give a dispassionate view, just the facts. make up your own decision. i hope -- i hope they increase your budget 5% more because it really kept me inf
they put obama over the top here. in the maine senate race, the winner is and is kaine, an end -- angus king, and independent. he said he is coming to washington next week. there is an orientation and he plans to talk to both leaders about who he would caucus with. senate majority leader harry reid has already made a courtesy call to him. all results can be found at our website c-span.org. host: speaking of majority leader harry reid, he will be holding a press conference in about 10 minutes....
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just a few weeks ago governor chris christi and randy wine gartner appeared on "morning joe" to talk about the new teacher contract in newark. if he wasn't in enough trouble for embracing president obama, being nice to randy on "morning joe" will get tempers to flair -- flare. i know there is a big back story here, but the truth is the newark contract is a pretty good contract. i'd say a very good contract from an accountability perspective. they said over and over it how the election told them that voters don't care so much about the labels as they do about solving problems. and when all parties lay down their swords and take up collaboration, a lot can get done. i would argue that while there are clearly still strong rejectionist voices in unions, national union leadership has come a fair distance in recognizing the teacher effectiveness matters and evaluation systems need to include student outcomes. the shear reality of demographics within unions is changing, too. you should keep that in mind. it will be -- be a strong force, i think, for reforming the status quo. the majority of
just a few weeks ago governor chris christi and randy wine gartner appeared on "morning joe" to talk about the new teacher contract in newark. if he wasn't in enough trouble for embracing president obama, being nice to randy on "morning joe" will get tempers to flair -- flare. i know there is a big back story here, but the truth is the newark contract is a pretty good contract. i'd say a very good contract from an accountability perspective. they said over and over it how...
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her decision to remove her name for secretary of state the secretary of state clinton will testify a week from day on the attacks of benghazi. on capitol hill today, just this afternoon within the last couple of minutes word that speaker boehner will meet with president obama about the fiscal cliff and negotiations in the speaker office september out a message theying that speaker boehner will meet with the president at the white house. we'll keep you posted on that. here's is a look at prime time programming. we'll get the updates on the fiscal cliff on c-span. c-span 3 has a look at the deletes of the nation's infrastructure. all of that getting under way at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the c-span networks. >> my inspiration was the idea, i wanted to explain how told tarian happens. we know the documents of the cold wars and staw lynn, churchill, and truman. we read them, we have written them. i want to show from the ground up. what did it feel like to be one of the people who were subjected to this system. how did people make choices in this system? how did they react and how did they behave?
her decision to remove her name for secretary of state the secretary of state clinton will testify a week from day on the attacks of benghazi. on capitol hill today, just this afternoon within the last couple of minutes word that speaker boehner will meet with president obama about the fiscal cliff and negotiations in the speaker office september out a message theying that speaker boehner will meet with the president at the white house. we'll keep you posted on that. here's is a look at prime...
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obama administration give permission to the pentagon and other agencies to start publicly discussing and calculating exactly how many people, programs and services might have to be current. host: right wing on twitter -- "how much of the federal budget increased over the last 10 years?" guest: 10 years -- the budget is $3.5 billion now. i think it is one-third higher than it was that during the bush administration, but i would have to go back to the clinton era. i would have to look that up. host: from twitter, c-dog wants to know what percentage of welfare and snap make up the budget? 13% of safety net programs -- is sitting at programs. the virginia. michael. caller: first, i want to say hello to mr. clarke, you and everybody at "washington journal." i have a question. why can't congress and senate to pass a bill to make horse -- called the u.s. enterprise course, put it on the track, let it run, take the money, put it into a fund and make a united states lottery. host: i am not sure where you are going with that. surely. texas. republican caller. caller: everything that is wrong w
obama administration give permission to the pentagon and other agencies to start publicly discussing and calculating exactly how many people, programs and services might have to be current. host: right wing on twitter -- "how much of the federal budget increased over the last 10 years?" guest: 10 years -- the budget is $3.5 billion now. i think it is one-third higher than it was that during the bush administration, but i would have to go back to the clinton era. i would have to look...
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last week, how the obama campaign won and today we will talk about very important issue for conservatives and republicans, the path forward for them and their party. we appreciate bank of america's partnership including at both of the conventions. and we are going to bring you into the conversation. you got cards. we would love to take your questions and also be getting questions as they call it on "morning joe"," the twitter machine. we would love to bring out grover norquist, president of americans for tax reform. good morning, grover. [applause] >> you don't have your bag. he is attached to his bag. >> they told me it was too streamlined up here for the bag. >> thank you very much for coming out. can republicans raise taxes and not break your pledge? >> difficult. >> it's not know? >> close to no. look, here's the challenge we have. the republican party has built the brand that the party won't raise your taxes. the pledge has made that easier to do because the pledge doesn't change over time. it doesn't change across state lines. in the past, it was difficult to say to somebody, oh, i
last week, how the obama campaign won and today we will talk about very important issue for conservatives and republicans, the path forward for them and their party. we appreciate bank of america's partnership including at both of the conventions. and we are going to bring you into the conversation. you got cards. we would love to take your questions and also be getting questions as they call it on "morning joe"," the twitter machine. we would love to bring out grover norquist,...
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, but that we are casting our gaze out at the time from of the second obama administration. my topic is iran relations, or will there be changes in u.s. policy toward iran? i could argue the one of this panel that really has a global peace and security consequence, so i am happy to posit that we can talk about u.s.-iran policy independent of this bust-up in gaza. we can surmise about iran pastoral, but i would prefer to look at u.s.-iran policy independent of the events of the last few days. where between the president cies of the u.s. and iran presidential license, so this is a more propitious moment for some higher level of energy and diplomacy on both sides, and it will not last forever and i do not want to sound like i am overly optimistic, but i think we are at a moment of opportunity for a number of reasons. one is the recognition that p-5 plus 1 process is insufficient to generate a lasting change in the air on's policy. the other is that sanctions have had an effect. not necessarily the direct causal effect of changing the supreme leader's attitudes toward his nuclea
, but that we are casting our gaze out at the time from of the second obama administration. my topic is iran relations, or will there be changes in u.s. policy toward iran? i could argue the one of this panel that really has a global peace and security consequence, so i am happy to posit that we can talk about u.s.-iran policy independent of this bust-up in gaza. we can surmise about iran pastoral, but i would prefer to look at u.s.-iran policy independent of the events of the last few days....
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i'm wondering when obama was elected the first time, two weeks before his side, democrats said it was too bad but a lot of people overseas were not going to be able to get their votes in on time. have the corrected this? what i'm suggesting our government do is make sure that when a person joins the military or is a civilian overseas on the basis that they actually have it on the four-man tell where they will be voting from. every single base needs to have a temporary unit before elections were every single person is able to vote and get it in well in time. host: a question of the larger election system. guest: on a bipartisan basis, we are all in agreement there are improvements that could be made in terms of electoral access. my sense is that, for a lot of reasons, including public relations, both parties are eager and eager to be seen to be eager to encourage voting by the military. host: 1960, john kennedy, richard nixon. guest: there are people in our audience who will remember sitting up all night waiting. kennedy had won in the polls and nixon had clearly it closed the gap in t
i'm wondering when obama was elected the first time, two weeks before his side, democrats said it was too bad but a lot of people overseas were not going to be able to get their votes in on time. have the corrected this? what i'm suggesting our government do is make sure that when a person joins the military or is a civilian overseas on the basis that they actually have it on the four-man tell where they will be voting from. every single base needs to have a temporary unit before elections were...
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this week the obama administration released a report as to exactly what happened surrounding these terrorist attacks. this report confirmed what we already knew -- there was no protest outside the consulate on september 11. it also cites systemic failures in embassy security, putting in danger the lives of every person at the compound in benghazi. this report is an important step towards stopping another attack on america and american interests overseas but one thing remains clear -- serious mistakes were made by senior officials here in washington. those mistakes cost american lives. there must be accountability. and with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlelady from texas seek recognition? ms. jackson lee: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady from texas is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: thank you, mr. speaker. senator inouye lies in state this morning, but as a young lute platoon leader in a battlefield in italy, even after being
this week the obama administration released a report as to exactly what happened surrounding these terrorist attacks. this report confirmed what we already knew -- there was no protest outside the consulate on september 11. it also cites systemic failures in embassy security, putting in danger the lives of every person at the compound in benghazi. this report is an important step towards stopping another attack on america and american interests overseas but one thing remains clear -- serious...
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so inadequate and why the obama administration offered to shift public response. here's what president obama had to say. this is his press conference in the white house. >> let me say specifically about susan rice, she has done exemplary work. she has represented the united states and our interest in the united nations with skill and professionalism and toughness and grace. as i have said before, she made an appearance at the request of the white house in which she gave her best understanding of the intelligence that had been provided to her. senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. and i'm happy to have that discussion with them. but for them to go after the u.n. ambassador who had nothing to do with benghazi and was simply making a presentation based on intelligence that she had received and besmirch her reputation is outrageous. host: president obama at a press conference. yesterday the ambassador he was talking about is susan rice, ambassador to the u.n. here's an image of her in the "washington times." a
so inadequate and why the obama administration offered to shift public response. here's what president obama had to say. this is his press conference in the white house. >> let me say specifically about susan rice, she has done exemplary work. she has represented the united states and our interest in the united nations with skill and professionalism and toughness and grace. as i have said before, she made an appearance at the request of the white house in which she gave her best...
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in the coming weeks, all of us must work with president obama, senator feinstein, congresswoman carolyn mccarthy, congressman bobby scott and all of our colleagues to be brave and to be bold enough to pass measures that ensure gun safety and the comprehensive solutions to ensure that our children have a future in a peaceful nation. madam speaker, we can and we must do all of these things and more so that we can prevent tragedies like this from ever happening again. on behalf of all of my constituents, let me express once again our thoughts and our prayers for all knows impacted by this tragedy in newtown and the entire state of connecticut. thank you, madam speaker, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from ohio for five minutes. >> thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker it is with great sorrow that i rise to address the senseless murders that took place in newtown, connecticut, this past friday. ms. fudge: mass shootings are always difficult to bear. this is one is exceptionally disturbing due to
in the coming weeks, all of us must work with president obama, senator feinstein, congresswoman carolyn mccarthy, congressman bobby scott and all of our colleagues to be brave and to be bold enough to pass measures that ensure gun safety and the comprehensive solutions to ensure that our children have a future in a peaceful nation. madam speaker, we can and we must do all of these things and more so that we can prevent tragedies like this from ever happening again. on behalf of all of my...
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guest: we begin the week with the speaker of the house saying negotiations between he and president obama had stalled. they were stuck on their -- i guess i would say maybe not their final offers but current offers. boehner said he would raise taxes on those making a million a year or more and get all told $1 trillion in tax increases which he wanted to be matched with $1 trillion in spending cuts and the rate increases on those making $1 million or more and remove loopholes and deductions to get the rest in revenue and then you had your spending cuts. the president, sort of depends on how you do your math and counting, but the president -- by scoreible math the president would have been at $1.3 trillion in tax increases and $900 billion in spending cuts and the president wanted rate increases on everybody making $400,000 or more a year. so that's where the sides were. boehner looked at that and said we're not going to bridge this and turned to what he called his plan b earlier this week which was just to say the one thing we don't want to do. we'll take care of the tax increases. we want
guest: we begin the week with the speaker of the house saying negotiations between he and president obama had stalled. they were stuck on their -- i guess i would say maybe not their final offers but current offers. boehner said he would raise taxes on those making a million a year or more and get all told $1 trillion in tax increases which he wanted to be matched with $1 trillion in spending cuts and the rate increases on those making $1 million or more and remove loopholes and deductions to...
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i guarantee you, in a week's time in atlanta, you afghanistan. guest: i do not think you have to choose between them. president obama has been eloquent and passionate about this arguing that being strong go together. you need to -- we need to develop the american economy, restore american society, and fix american institutions. but that cannot come at the expense of trying to maintain our proper place in the world. i believe this is not a trade- off. a more stable and prosperous world is a better place for america to exist. host: a couple more minutes left with marc lynch, the author of "the arab uprising." we have sandy on the line. sandy is an independent from charlotte, north carolina. caller: it is my understanding the u.s., the cia with israel has set up operations in tel aviv to set up the arab spring for citizens to protest against their own government. it comes down to a natural resource war with the agenda of gaining control of gainingthe bush family has owned private oil field in iraq. the whole thing is shameful. you are nothing but a
i guarantee you, in a week's time in atlanta, you afghanistan. guest: i do not think you have to choose between them. president obama has been eloquent and passionate about this arguing that being strong go together. you need to -- we need to develop the american economy, restore american society, and fix american institutions. but that cannot come at the expense of trying to maintain our proper place in the world. i believe this is not a trade- off. a more stable and prosperous world is a...
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like the democrats and like president obama does. >> in four weeks, the first of the presidential debate, live on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. watch and engage. >> next a discussion about energy issues and the 2012 campaign. after that, examining the relevance of al-qaeda today. then u.s. security and counterterrorism efforts. now a discussion about energy issues and the 2012 presidential campaign. from "washington journal" this is just under an hour. host: can we have our guests here with us today. thank you for being here. mr. carpinsky, let's start with you. guest: it is a choice who will lead the consumer friday for the next 30 years. president obama has been a leader in a new energy future. that's the future. we need to reduce our dependence on oil. we need clean sources, renewables. he's done a lot of that in the first four years. we need to keep moving forward. unfortunately, mr. romney's energy policy was written by big oil. that really takes us back. that's not a path to the future. that's a path to a foolish end. more subsidies to the oil companies. it takes us back whe
like the democrats and like president obama does. >> in four weeks, the first of the presidential debate, live on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. watch and engage. >> next a discussion about energy issues and the 2012 campaign. after that, examining the relevance of al-qaeda today. then u.s. security and counterterrorism efforts. now a discussion about energy issues and the 2012 presidential campaign. from "washington journal" this is just under an hour. host: can we...
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last week the department of labor gave americans some very bad news. only 69,000 jobs were added in maine. and the unemployment rate is 8.2%. far above the level the obama administration promised it would be by now when the president's stimulus spending bill was enacted. it is clear that getting our economy going again should be job number one for everyone in washington. too many americans are still having a hard time finding jobs, small businesses are struggling to create them, and there's little mystery as to why. the president's policies are standing in the way of a stronger economy. his health care law may be the worst offender driving up costs and making it harder for small businesses to hire workers. it's making things worse in our economy and it needs to be fully revealed. republicans remain focused on removing government barriers to job creation so we can build a stronger economy for all americans. in the coming weeks, the plan for america's job creators the house will acted on measures to boost domestic energy production and stop the massive t
last week the department of labor gave americans some very bad news. only 69,000 jobs were added in maine. and the unemployment rate is 8.2%. far above the level the obama administration promised it would be by now when the president's stimulus spending bill was enacted. it is clear that getting our economy going again should be job number one for everyone in washington. too many americans are still having a hard time finding jobs, small businesses are struggling to create them, and there's...